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A Twi relationship systemarticle 1937 • Mead, Margaret
Akan • Africa > Western Africa
The systems described in this brief article were collected in 1925 from a Twi student at Columbia University. The informant was a native of Apegusu in the Gold Coast. A study of terminology showed that there were two systems in use, a simple classifi...The changing culture of an Indian tribeBook 1932 • Mead, Margaret
Omaha • North America > Plains and Plateau
This source is a community-type study of the Omaha Indian Reservation. The author has given the pseudonym 'Antler Tribe' to the Omaha in order to preserve anonymity. The book is the result of five months' field work on the reservation. Material on ab...Social organization of ManuaBook 1930 • Mead, Margaret
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is primarily an account of the socio-political organization of Manua, including detailed descriptions of the kinship system and rank and chieftainship. Materials on economic organization and religion are more briefly presented. Emphasis...Coming of age in Samoa; a psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisationBook 1928 • Mead, Margaret
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is a study of childhood and adolescence in the Manua Archipelago, Samoa. The author discusses Samoan personality development in the context of Samoan culture. The bulk of the material relates to the development of the girl and emphasis ...The role of the individual in Samaon culturearticle 1928 • Mead, Margaret
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is a brief sketch of Samoan ethos. The author outlines her characterization of Samoan culture against a background of Samoan social structure. Some emphasis is placed upon personality development....Samoan children at work and playarticle 1928 • Mead, Margaret
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is a very brief sketch of Manuan child care and children's activities. For information on the author's background, see Category 111, 2: Mead, OU8 Samoa....Americanization in Samoaarticle 1929 • Mead, Margaret
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is a brief account of acculturation in American Samoa. The author focuses on administrative contacts with respect to government regulations, justice, and public health. One section is devoted to religion. For background information abou...Soviet attitudes toward authorityBook 1951 • Mead, Margaret
Russians • Europe > Eastern Europe
This study brings together a set of hypotheses on aspects of the social psychology of leadership in the Soviet Union, with particular attention to conceptions of the self. The analysis proceeds from constructs of character structure, and Soviet premi...Growing up in New GuineaBook 1930 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This source is a study of the various factors in Manus society affecting the growth and development of an individual from infancy to adulthood. Mead feels that the manner in which a child absorbs the traditions, prohibitions, and values of the adult ...New lives for oldBook 1956 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This volume is an extension of the author's earlier work, GROWING UP IN NEW GUINEA, published in 1930. It is based on her study of Manus in the Admiralty Islands in 1953, twenty-five years after her original field study. The main problems of research...Kinship in the Admiralty IslandsBook 1934 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This source, written by a professional anthropologist of some note, presents a highly detailed analysis and description of the multi-faceted complexities of the Manus kinship system, the data of which comprise nine-tenths of this entire work. Data to...An investigation of the thought of primitive children with special reference to animismarticle 1932 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This paper is a brief preliminary report dealing with the problem of whether or not the thought of primitive children was characterized by '…animistic premise, anthropomorphic interpretation and faulty logic which had been recorded for civilized chil...The Manus of the Admiralty Islandsessay 1937 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This is a comprehensive general summary of Manus society, with emphasis on economic cooperation, condensed in part from the author's previous works on Manus appearing as documents 1-2, 4-7 of this file. After a general introduction to the Manus, Mead...Melanesian middlemenarticle 1930 • Mead, Margaret
Manus • Oceania > Melanesia
This source deals mainly with the trade relations of the Manus and neighboring Usiai and Matankor peoples. Also discussed are: the articles traded, the place of money (i.e., shell money and dogs' teeth) and barter in exchange transactions, and the in...